{"id":643588,"date":"2026-06-17T13:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/643588\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:38:12","slug":"tottenham-brighton-reach-verdict-on-paying-luka-vuskovic-asking-price-after-agreeing-52m-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/643588\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham: Brighton reach verdict on &#8216;paying Luka Vuskovic asking price&#8217; after &#8216;agreeing&#8217; \u00a352m transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Brighton have reached a verdict on whether to \u2018pay\u2019 Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s \u2018asking price\u2019 to sign Luka Vuskovic this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Brighton and Tottenham have been busy at the negotiating table over the past few weeks, with the clubs in talks over deals for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/luka-vuskovic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vuskovic <\/a>and Jan Paul van Hecke.<\/p>\n<p>After landing Andy Robertson and Marcos Senesi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tottenham-hotspur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham <\/a>have turned to signing Van Hecke, while they have also been plotting moves for Savinho, Sandro Tonali and Joao Palhinha.<\/p>\n<p>Van Hecke, who is in the final year of his contract, previously worked with Roberto De Zerbi at Brighton and is reportedly keen on a reunion, though his current club have ensured that they get maximum value out of this transfer.<\/p>\n<p>And David Ornstein reported on Tuesday evening that the Seagulls have impressively gotten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/tottenham-finalise-52m-jan-paul-van-hecke-signing-ornstein-romano-confirm-dream-de-zerbi-coup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spurs to pay \u00a352m for Van Hecke, with a deal now \u2018agreed\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/sandro-tonali-picks-tottenham-newcastle-compromise-transfer-fee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sandro Tonali picks Tottenham as Newcastle compromise on transfer fee \u2013 top sources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ornstein said on X: \u201cTottenham Hotspur reach agreement with Brighton &amp; Hove Albion to sign Jan Paul van Hecke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeal for 26yo #Netherlands int\u2019l worth \u00a352m fixed, no add-ons. Luka Vuskovic situation separate; 2nd #BHAFC offer worth \u00a335m rejected by #THFC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It has been suggested that this deal could lead to Brighton signing Vuskovic.<\/p>\n<p>Brighton have already had two bids rejected for Vuskovic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/brighton-ready-third-offer-tottenham-luka-vuskovic-verbal-agreement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who has reportedly reached a \u2018verbal agreement\u2019 to join the Premier League club this summer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brighton unwilling to meet Tottenham\u2019s \u2018asking price\u2019 for Luka Vuskovic<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old is yet to make his senior debut for Tottenham, but he has been attracting interest from several European clubs after his breakout loan spell at Hamburg. He contributed six goals in his 28 Bundesliga appearances for the German outfit.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/transfer-window-summer-2026-rumours-ranked\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Transfer rumour ranking: Man Utd\u2019s \u2018done deal\u2019, Liverpool swoop a stretch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brighton\u2019s latest rejected offer for Vuskovic was worth around \u00a330m, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/tottenham-accept-new-offer-brighton-luka-vuskovic-u-turn-one-reason\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">and a report on Tuesday claimed Spurs \u2018plan to accept\u2019 the next bid for the centre-back.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Football Insider claims Brighton \u2018want a compromise\u2019 over Vuskovic because they are \u2018not willing to pay Tottenham\u2019s \u00a360m asking price\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The report claims: \u2018The North London outfit ideally want to keep the 19-year-old starlet, but it is understood that Brighton are offering him a quicker pathway to regular first-team football.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Brighton are working to strike a \u201ccompromise\u201d with Spurs for the deal to go through at a cut-price fee, as they see a \u00a360m deal as being too far-fetched.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cyv0q6r97p3o\" target=\"_blank\">And BBC Sport reporter Simon Stone even claims<\/a> Brighton have \u2018no immediate plans\u2019 to make a \u2018new Vuskovic bid\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The report explains:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Brighton are keeping across the situation but they will not be making another bid at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Evidently, they do need a replacement for Van Hecke, who started 36 out of their 38 Premier League games last season. However, they do have time.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/biggest-signings-by-clubs-outside-champions-league-klopp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tonali next? The biggest signings by clubs outside Champions League \u2013 summed up by brilliant Klopp quote<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Brighton have reached a verdict on whether to \u2018pay\u2019 Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s \u2018asking price\u2019 to sign&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[32443,218,348,16885,50,221,101,919,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-643588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-brighton","tag-football","tag-home-page","tag-luka-vuskovic","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}